Note from the Editor. Below is the view provided by the developer for what the proposed hotel would look like from Wembley Park Boulevard. Captions added.
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temporary spaces voluntarily provided by the developer at their own cost until they were ready to start building. some people want their cake and to eat it as well.
ReplyDeleteA private colony. Even on the visual shown here, there is clearly much more ' brownfield space' to build even more towers in this no final plan de-regulated devolved zone. Public space is a negative for developer as it is 'wasted space' that needs to be maintained, cleaned and even shock horror greened. Narrow alleys between towers (the aim) will kind of self clean due to the sheer scale of population density needing to move.
ReplyDeleteExtreme Environmentalism
ReplyDeleteQuintain's plans would mean not just the loss of these open spaces that the community can currently enjoy, but also the much used Wembley Splay pedestrian route from Olympic Way to Wembley Library/ the Civic Centre, Arena Square and the LDO.
ReplyDeleteHi Philip, based on your comments, would you suggest developers leave their land that has planning permission for development hoarded off with no public access at all until they are ready to develop it?
DeleteDear Anonymous (10 November at 09:47), thank you for your question.
DeleteMy answer is no, I would not suggest leaving the land hoarded off. In a situation like this, when the outline planning consent was given fifteen years before the developer plans to actually build on the site, I think it was right to let the public enjoy the use of the land.
And when circumstances change during those 15 years, and it can be seen that the "meanwhile" use actually makes the rest of the developer's estate much more attractive as a place to live for thousands of residents (mainly in the developer's rented apartment homes), I think it would make sense not to go ahead with the original planning consent.
I can remember the crowd safety issues at the Euro's Final.
ReplyDeleteSpace, the final frontier in Brent for its developer invaders.